For some, flu hits harder. 🚨 Having an underlying health condition, such as chronic kidney disease, puts you more at risk. Hear more from Dr Zoe Cousland at NHS Lanarkshire, Kidney Care UK and Liam, a patient with lived experience. For more info 🔽 http://nhsinform.scot/flu

Can you recognise psychosocial distress in kidney care? This free course strengthens skills in understanding stressors, communicating with empathy & knowing when to refer for extra support. 💻 Short, self-paced modules for all patient-facing kidney professionals: https://ow.ly/kFAZ50XHrmB

🌟 Meet Dr Emma Coyne – Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Nottingham's renal transplant unit – as she shows how psychosocial care is embedded across clinics, dialysis units, staff training & service development for people living with kidney disease. 🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/XA7WRX7vd8M

Now online in @ndt-era.bsky.social – this article by Prof Daniel Gale shows how RaDaR data are accelerating drug development for rare kidney diseases – informing NICE appraisals, regulatory endpoints & clinical trials for IgA nephropathy, FSGS, C3G & Alport syndrome. 📄: ow.ly/L9HK50XqqqT

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🌟 Spotlight: Enhanced Supportive Kidney Care SIG 🌟 Championing holistic, person-centred care across all stages of #KidneyDisease. Discover how our ESKC SIG is helping ensure care aligns with patients' goals, values and quality of life 👇 www.ukkidney.org/75-...#KidneyDisease. #UKKA75 #HolisticCare

🌟Dr Maria Pippias MBChB MRCP (Neph) PhD has been appointed Deputy Director of Informatics Research at the UKRR. A Consultant Nephrologist & renal data expert, she’ll drive research that improves outcomes for people living with #KidneyDisease. 📰: www.ukkidney.org/abo...

👕 We tested Asda's new accessible clothing line to see if it made access for treatment easier for people having haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Read the full article here 👉 https://kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disease-information/treatments/haemodialysis/accessible-clothing-for-dialysis/

Huge thanks to our Salford research star of the month, inpatient research team lead Beth Charles. She's a tremendously kind & supportive colleague who uplifts the capability & confidence of the team. They say she is an inspiring leader whose passion for research drives improvements for patients.

35 children with FSGS were enrolled in the DUPLEX study. Sparsentan treated patients had lower proteinuria and less frequent kidney failure compared to irbesartan control. #KidneyWk

Getting ready for #KidneyWk day 2 to begin.

Looking forward to speaking this afternoon on the approach to hypertension treatment in older people living with frailty Thank you @asnkidney.bsky.social for the invitation! #KidneyWeek2025 #ASN #KidneyWk

🧡 250,000 people have now completed our #BloodyAmazingKidneys Checker! With half of those identified as being at increased risk, this means thousands more people now have the chance to have their kidney disease diagnosed earlier. Check your risk 👉 https://kidneycareuk.org/kidney-health-checker/

Wonderful day at the fundraising event for Kidneys For Life with the amazing Victoria Thomson

It’s not all work for us after all very successful day at the DAYLife summit a little bit of down time with pizza, wine and good company before going again tomorrow for our Midlands Kidney Network Annual Study Day @ukkidney.org @kqip.bsky.social

Darren Green writes about a career in nephrology in @bmj.com Completely agree with these sentiments www.bmj.com/content/390/... #NephSky

More than 12,000 people in the UK have died or been removed from the transplant waiting list over the past 10 years before receiving the lifesaving organs they desperately needed, new figures reveal. shorturl.at/Oovpo

Over 2 days, our Dialysis Roadshows @uhbTrust welcomed 100+ patients, carers & families. Every attendee gave positive feedback & said they’d recommend to a loved one ❤️. A great blend of clinical expertise & lived experience. Already looking forward to next year! #Dialysis #KidneyCare

Kidney Health Guidance on Potassium and Phosphorus Food Additives ca. 2025 from @asnpublications.bsky.social #Nephpearls #NephSky 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40965988/

🚨 Exciting Fellowships! 🚨 Join UHB NHS FT as a Clinical Research Fellow in Renal Medicine (12m fixed term, £65k, Birmingham). Apply now: 🧠 Dialysis & Cognition: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… 💉 Hypertension & Dialysis: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba�#Renal #ResearchResearch

Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks

⌛3 weeks until abstract deadline! Once started, you can edit an abstract submission at any point before the deadline... ✎Start your submission today for your chance to share your case studies & reports with the UK professional kidney community! 📝ow.ly/aCJb50WMHZ4

Wasn’t expecting this today.

🧬 Up to 30% of adults with CKD have an inherited form—yet family history is still underused. 10 tips to do this well 🍎 It’s free, powerful & can change the whole pathway. #Nephrology #CKD academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-ar…

A MAHSC Clinical Fellowship for Northern Care Alliance Consultant @katycdodd.bsky.social will boost myasthenia gravis research. Biobank collections at NCA & @mcrcnews.bsky.social will facilitate lab work to explore biomarkers of disease. ncaresearch.org.uk/news/clinica...

💁♀️ Over a decade later since its launch, the infoKID website offers a comprehensive list of conditions, treatment information, and insights into the lives of other children with kidney diseases. You can browse the website here 👉 infokid.org.uk/about-us/

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For patients waiting for transplants, improved OPTN systems mean faster matching and better outcomes. For the millions with undiagnosed kidney disease, continued CDC programs provide essential early detection tools when treatment is most effective. www.kidney.org/news-stories...

Lunch with my wonderful colleagues, Andy, Amanda, Janet, Vicky and Libby yesterday as I leave the North West Kidney Network.

❗Some people are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the later stages either due to not having symptoms or because they didn't realise the signs were related to declining kidney function. ✅ Find out more about the symptoms of CKD here: kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disea...

Cool enough to go walking today while feeding the birds and squirrels.

2/3 have kidney disease when they saw the diagnosis on their App. They received no context, no advice and no support and many reach out to us terrified about what this means. We support the call from the Patient Information Forum, Self Care Forum and the...

Study results suggest that psychosocial interventions effectively reduce #depression symptoms in people with #CKD. #kidneydisease #nephsky www.docwirenews.com/post/how-eff...

🚨 LATE-BREAKING SESSION ALERT 🚨 #PodocyteConference 🐙 Vincent Boima's overview of the recent study published in @nejm about APOL1 Bi- and Monoallelic Variants and Chronic Kidney Disease in West Africans 🆕 🔥 tobias-b-huber.bsky.social

A transplant isn’t a cure - it’s a form of treatment that allows recipients to have a second chance of life and/ or a better quality of life. However we wouldn’t be able to have this opportunity without such amazing people and families who agree to donation and give of themselves so others may live.

WOW we have done it we got Best Poster for our QI work on how we are working hard to improve living donation so proud of our network thank you to everyone that is involved in this project and special thanks to @kqip.bsky.social and Alastair for presenting it for us #UKKW25 @ukkidney.org

🎉 Day 1 of #UKKW25 is here! Join us for the Opening Plenary: 🩺 John Feehally 🔮 Stephen Powis 🏅 David Wheeler (O'Donoghue Award) 👋Be sure to visit the UKKA stand in the exhibition hall where you'll find the UK Renal Registry, Radar & KQIP teams.

Wasn’t expecting the mood lighting at the Digital Health festival.

@leeannelockley.bsky.social Good to see you, Leeanne. Hope you’re well.

Thanks to Cristina Vasilica and team for such a stimulating festival on digital health.